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testland/playwright-fixture-builder
Use when a Playwright suite has copy-pasted beforeEach setup that should be a fixture, or needs shared login, database or feature-flag setup across many specs. Builds test.extend fixtures with the right test or worker scope, setup and teardown, and per-worker isolation.
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Anti-patterns and limitations
Anti-patterns
| Anti-pattern | Why it fails | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Worker-scoped fixture for state that changes between tests | Tests on the same worker pollute each other; intermittent failures. | Move to test scope. Per pw-fix: test-scoped fixtures "are torn down immediately after". |
| Test-scoped fixture for immutable expensive state (e.g. logged-in user) | Per-test login = N × ~1s. CI time balloons. | Worker scope + workerInfo.workerIndex per pw-fix. |
beforeAll for shared state in a parallel suite | beforeAll runs once per spec file, not once per worker; doesn't compose. | Worker-scoped fixture with the right use() boundary. |
| Teardown that depends on a downstream fixture's setup | Reverse-order teardown means the dependency is gone when teardown runs. | Invert composition: dependent fixture extends the dependency. |
Manual await context.close() inside a test | Bypasses Playwright's cleanup; flake on the next test. | Let the page/context fixture handle close in its teardown. |
| Hard-coded port / DB name in fixtures | Two parallel workers fight over the same resource. | Derive from workerInfo.workerIndex per pw-fix. |
Storing playwright/.auth/*.json in git | Per pw-auth: "these files contain sensitive cookies and headers". | .gitignore the auth dir; reauthenticate in CI per worker. |
| One mega-fixture that bundles auth+db+flags | Tests can't opt out of pieces; one tweak breaks everyone. | Atomic fixtures composed via extend per Step 6. |
Limitations
- No mid-test scope changes. A worker-scoped fixture can't be reset for one test without re-architecting; if mid-test reset is needed, the fixture should be test-scoped.
- Session storage isn't auto-captured. Per pw-auth: "Manually persist session data since Playwright doesn't automatically capture it" - for sessionStorage-based auth, write custom serialization in the fixture.
- Teardown failures don't fail the test. A throw inside the
post-
use()block produces a warning, not a failure. Wrap critical teardown in a runtime check that fails the next test if state is dirty. - Fixture timeout is per-fixture, not per-test. Long auth
fixtures need
{ timeout: 60_000 }; the test's own timeout is separate.